Star Trek Continues
| Star Trek Continues | |
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| Genre | Science Fiction / Fantasy |
| Created by | Gene Roddenberry |
| Based on | Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Developed by | Vic Mignogna |
| Directed by |
James Kerwin Vic Mignogna Chris White Julian Higgins |
| Starring | Vic Mignogna Todd Haberkorn Chuck Huber Chris Doohan Kim Stinger Grant Imahara Wyatt Lenhart Michele Specht Steven Dengler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 7 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Vic Mignogna Steven Dengler |
| Running time | 40-50 min |
| Production company(s) | Trek Continues, Inc. Dracogen |
| Release | |
| Picture format | 4:3 HD |
| Audio format | stereo |
| Original release | May 24, 2013 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Star Trek Continues is a fan-created non-canon web series set in the Star Trek universe produced by a non-profit charity — Trek Continues Inc. — and Dracogen (formerly co-produced by Far From Home LLC and Farragut Films). The series is an unofficial direct continuation of the third and last season of Star Trek: The Original Series, whose visual and storytelling features have been reproduced to recreate the same look and feel.
As with all such Star Trek fan productions, use of copyrighted and trademarked properties from the original series is allowed so long as the production is non-commercial. A portion of the funds necessary to produce the episodes was raised through successful Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns, to which thousands of backers contributed.
Star Trek Continues won a Webby Award for "People's Choice - Long Form Drama" in 2016, a Geekie Award for "Best Web Series" in 2014, and numerous Telly and Accolade awards. The series has been very positively received by critics, who have praised the quality of the production and stated that the show has set a new standard for Star Trek fan films.
Several past members of the Star Trek cast and crew have expressed support for the project and contributed to it.
The first episode, "Pilgrim of Eternity", features Jamie Bamber (Lee "Apollo" Adama from Battlestar Galactica and Matt Devlin from Law and Order UK) as well as original series guest actor Michael Forest reprising his role as Apollo. Marina Sirtis voices the computer of the USS Enterprise, an homage to her connection to the original actress, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who portrayed her character's mother, Lwaxana Troi, as well as the voice of the computer in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
For the second episode, "Lolani", Lou Ferrigno (The Hulk from The Incredible Hulk (1978)) appears as Zaminhon, Daniel Logan (Boba Fett from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones) appears as Ensign Tongaroa, Erin Gray (Col. Wilma Deering from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century) appears as Commodore Gray and Matthew Ewald (Nicholas Bluetooth from Galidor) appears as Crewman Kenway.
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